[AT] Durn Hollywood crazies forgot the tractor

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

Horses were used to move artillery pieces, but they still had calvary units in WWI. Also, officers sometimes rode horses, gave them a better look at their troops and a better perch to give commands. WWI was a mix of the old and the new, horses and motor vehicles.

Carl
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From: James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:46:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [AT] Durn Hollywood crazies forgot the tractor

We got the 17 year old to drive the geezers to the picture show a couple of nights ago. We saw that movie "1917".  I did not see any tractors in it but it did have a tank stuck in a trench. It would have been nice to see a big tracked Holt with the single front wheel dragging a big artillery piece around.

I and the 17 year old discussed the dead horses lying around. It was my position that they were used in place of a tractor to move artillery.

I loved the singing. The song, "Poor Wayfaring Stranger", gave the movie a Bluegrass feel which was IMO a little out of place to the plot, but beautifully done.

One of the English speaking troops was a Sikh wearing a loosely wrapped turban. A blue collar Sikh I know at work wears a turban that appears to be a bandana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman#%22I_Am_a_Poor_Wayfaring_Stranger%22